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N 7Min @31am aient jiiiw! FnANois RAYMoND, or WOODHAVEN, NEW'YORK.

.Leners Patent No. 92,095, dated .nwe 29, 1869.-

IMPROVED ENAMELLED vIBEIliIz.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making 'part of the same.

To all whom it mayhconcefn:

`Be it known that I, FnANors RAYMOND, of Woodhaven, in the county of Queens, and vvStatevof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bells and Gongs; and -I do hereby declare that the lfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw# ings, which form part of this'specilication, and in which is represented a sectional View of a bell,- or gong, constructed according lto my improvement.

This invention consists in a bell, or gong, constructed of sheet-iron, and enamelled with porcelain or vitreous enamel, whereby a new article of manufacture is produced.

Referring to the accompanying drawings- A- is a bell, or gong, constructed of sheet-iron, stamped or wrought into the desired form, and enamelled with vitreous enamel.

This enamel may be prepared according 'to any of the known formulas for enamels to be applied to. metals, and may be applied in the usual Way. l

The enamclled sheet or Wrought-iron bell or gong has a highly-sonorous character, nearly, if notvquite. equal to that of the best bell-metal, while it can be ,manufactured at a greatly-reduced cost.'

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure Vby Letters Patent, is- Y A gong, or bell, constructed of sheet-iron, stamped or wrought in to the required form, and enamelled with porcelain or vitreous enamel, substantially as' herein described.

FRANCOIS RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

FRED. Hannes, J W. CooMBs. 

